WC: Predictions for the 2025 WC

[NyQuil]

IIHF - Power Rankings

CAN still first, SWE still second, GER takes over third

www.iihf.com

 

[le premiere etoile]

It's one of our strongest rosters "on paper" in recent years, but I still never underestimate the ability of our team to underachieve at this tournament. I'm not sure if we've ever even made it to the gold medal game, since the last time we won anything better than bronze was in 1960, before our emergence as a hockey power, and that was on a technicality since the Olympics that year doubled as the world championships, also the format was that places were determined only by a round robin. Only gold at a "standalone" tournament was 1933... and I guess I'm wrong from earlier actually; that tournament had semifinals and medal games.

Last silver was 1956. Final rankings were from round robin games only. (edit) That one was also when the Olympics doubled as the world championships for the year.

I'm an old man now and I have yet to witness the U.S in the gold medal game at this tournament. It's on it's way soon however.

 

[ORRFForever]

Some of them are as long as people get the references.

Yes.

 

[Eye of Ra]

My power rankings right now;

1: Canada
2: USA
3: Czechia
4: Switzerland
5: Finland
6: Germany
7: Sweden
8: Slovakia

 

[Summer Rose]

My power rankings right now;

1: Canada
2: USA
3: Czechia
4: Switzerland
5: Finland
6: Germany
7: Sweden
8: Slovakia

Bold of you to put USA at 2 when we got shut out by Switzerland and forgot how to play hockey in the third period against Norway (but at least we managed to win in overtime with help from a soft penalty call on Norway).